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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Sakaja",
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        "legal_name": "Johnson Arthur Sakaja",
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    "content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I thank Sen. Iman for requesting this Statement. I hope that the Committee will actually look into it. Of course, we live in a day and age of both threats to security, but also propaganda and fake news. Therefore, I would advise the Committee to first ascertain the veracity of this information. They should also let Kenyans know the channels through which such information is supposed to be shared. This is because you sometimes find something has been shared on WhatsApp --- Yesterday, Madam Temporary Speaker, an audio clip was being shared, where somebody was declaring, in a press conference, the toll of Coronavirus Disease (COVID- 19) in this country. In the clip, somebody was speaking and saying that there have been - I do not know how many cases - and that was completely fake. This is because some people had sat somewhere in a room and recorded themselves. We are living in that era. The Government was clear that there is no case or such a press conference. I am sure that many of you heard it. In that same breath, Madam Temporary Speaker, we will find out. Fortunately, the Committee not only deals with security, but also foreign relations. You remember that when we had the DusitD2 Hotel attack, there were misgivings that there was probably a lapse in the security intelligence protocols between the countries on how information was shared. This is because there was supposed to be an earlier meeting of a foreign country in that hotel, and it was moved. Therefore, there were those questions. We will just take the opportunity – in as much as that specific one might be fake news – to establish those The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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